Thanks Peter and Richard, I appreciate the feedback. I will look into Freshbooks, looks awesome!
Chris -----Original Message----- From: PETER SHEATS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 3:32 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Question regarding my first consulting job I stumbled across http://www.freshbooks.com/ not too long ago - looks pretty impressive and helps with the process of billing clients and might help you produce some nice invoices. Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: Peterson, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 6:24 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Question regarding my first consulting job > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sun 11/12/2006 5:59 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: GetTempDirectory & CFFILE > > > > just looking for some advice regarding my first consulting job. A guy I used to work > with at my current job now needs some CF help. It involved re-writing his current > maintenance database (access DB and a 'guy who knows some CF') I have a public > co-hosted server, so I can put development work online. I'm thinking of setting up a > subversion server to keep all my code history, and getting my home system setup for > local development. I just have a few questions to anyone else doing consulting: > > a) Rate? I am thinking of charging $60 / hour for development, but I'm really not > sure. Will that hamper me later if I need to raise it? Is it too cheap, or too much? I > have been doing development now for going on 5 years internally on intranet type > apps, and I feel very comfortable doing what my customer is requesting. > > b) Anyone have quote / invoice templates that look nice? I dont have a company > name really, should I come up with something or just put my name on it? > > c) How should I structure payment? Should I ask for 20% ahead of time, or just wait > till completion for payment? > > d) The customer has had this job on hold (from internal requests) since July 2005. > How should I structure development? He has expressed an interest in having the > whole thing re-written, as there are many cumbersom things in it (many clicks to do > simple things) Should I setup a visual structure first, convert his access DB to SQL? > > e) Any advice you can give me on getting started with this would be greatly > aprpeciated! > > > > Chris > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:260302 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
